Location: Belfountain School
Date: June 4 p.m. startign at 12:30
Directions -google map
17247 Shaws Creek Road, Caledon, ON L7K0E8
Phone: 519-927-5212
Parking -please park in the gravel lot at the south end of the school
12:30 Arrival, welcome and lunch – Belfountain staff invited to join us
1:00 Student presentation Garlic Mustard project
1:10 Site Tour and /history –Pamela
1:30 Class visits as determined by what is going on there
2:15 –in whatever order works
Janice –community partnerships
Jiiva –projects linked to the seasonal calendar of events and whole school projects
Bryan -Integrated Learning Projects
2:50 -whole group disc –what have we seen of note that can be applied back home , what feedback can we give Belfountain?
-small group discussions –advancing change in our own practice and in our schools
-options for moving forward
3:50 closing and departure
Additional Topics
-Experiences with Project based learning
-UG EE Collaborative -evaluation of the project
-where to from here options (individuals, schools, as a group)
april 5 Agenda
Tentative Agenda items of interest so far -please add your yours:
Creating Transformative Learning Experiences -what is it? -review the strategies in DOTS -Critical moves -timetables that support transformative learning
-variius entry ints for transformative learning -Project based learning, inquiry, action projects, learning locally -generating ideas for project based learning at the various grade levels -from integrated learning experiences to report card comments -samples and examples
-community partners -what are they and how to enage and work with
Learning Locally - opportunity for Pamela to share her experience - best classroom management tips for outdoor activities (behaviour management etc.) - story sharing (favourite outdoor learning experiences with her students)...what inspired her to take her kids outside...challenges that she overcame in relation to outdoor inquiry. Outdoor hike - Pamela leads the hike and models it as if we are her class of students going outdoors for the first time. -using the Step Outside opportunties that nature provides for inquiry alsso R4R and Journey North
Inquiry -shaping student intersts so that they are pursued safely and with crriculum connections
Knowlege building circles -Discuss how we address incorrect answers that are given confidently by student(s) in a knowledge building circle. -review an example of an inquiry from Natural Curiosity
Design a Learning Experience -from last meeting -rough out a learning experinece (iunquiry, integrated -project based apporach, actino project) that you wil then apply in your calss over the next month
Challenges to Transformative Leanring -other grade teacing partners are not interestedin EE or feel we shoudl al lbe dong the same ting with our classes
Applying Change Principles
Project Goals and Process -revisiting the projects goals and criteria -revisit notes form March 20 conference call -modifying the wikispace for better use -maximizing the utuility of Pamela's inclass mentoring visits -some disucssion on what happens after this project
Agenda from Jan 30 Meeting
Context - the big goal is independent citizens, or engaged learners, or curious dispositions, or all of these –how does this all fit hope video http://films.nfb.ca/hope-builders
-notetaker volunteer please -ideally with laptop entering directly
1. Opening Circle over lunch-where are you at in your practice, share a learning experience that you used that is anindication of where you are going in your practice, a chllenge, and /or what are you looking for /bringing to this gathering?
2. Review Overall goal for our project-1:00 -review highlights of first meeting notes
Project goals from earlier meeting
Tentative Project Goals for Members**
improve student learning with particular emphaisi on student engagement through use of the environment as a learnnig context
consolidate and support good learning practices that participants are currently applying
Understand and Apply the 7 strategies, see Connecting the Dots -start with Learning Locally
Engage in a professional collaborative effort (as a group and act as a pilot in your host schools –how to move the agenda ahead here)
use the various Env Learning Centres as a context for learning
-stay the course, modify, add?
3. Review the Agenda
4. Acknowledging Challenges that educators who are trying to advance/change practice are facing -practice with KBCs -sharing insights Our KBC – meeting the challenge of change
Break
5. Learning Strategies -Overview of Frameworks for Integration and Inquiry Learning 2:00 Learning Strategies -some useful frameworks for integrated and inquiry based learning
-Project based Learning -stan
Experience based inquiry -Pamela
6. Learning Locally -Community as Classroom- Island Lake and area tour looking for grade specific opportunities linked to the curriculum –one off excusions and/or learning projects focus
7. Design a Learning Experience
-apply a format for your grade (suggest Project based learning as the approach with the most structure)
-group 1 -mapping out learning projects using the ELCs for learning
group 2 -other
8. Revisiting Our Goals and Assessment Criteria 3:00
-review and refinement
Collaboration Goal -wiki visit-school-based group meetings
9.Support available to meet our goals 3:15
-group members
-funding sources (grant sources and commissioned projects)
in class mentoring –review of an in class mentoring visit –Sheila and Pam
-consultative support
-experience in the group
-outside expertise
-the literature
-other
10. Other Items 3:30
-school by school update
-new members
-upcoming items –Rockwood staff meeting Feb 14
-Monthly school meetings
–next group meeting (the week of March 26? -to be followed by a doodle)
-other?
11. Closing 3:45-once around the circle-
-individual reflection on the topics addressed and on meeting criteria
* Agenda Prompts up to Jan 23
-we are meeting January 30 in Orangeville and Island Lake P.S. -thank you folks for hosting
*Just a note from the ILPS folks: we will be meeting in the conference room, which is located through the main office at the front of the school. You can head straight there to drop your things once you've checked in (if that's o.k. with you, Stan). See you then!*
-book your own coverage as per the same number as last time -code 5 if i recall correctly.
Please add your draft agenda items/issues to this page (you have to press the edit tab and then you can make changes to this page. Once done press the save tab and what you have changed remains) and we will see what develops. If you see something on here that you support put your initials after it
Possible agenda items
Integration and inquiry -putting a format to these practices - JB
Opportunities to use ELSs as a focus for learning - JB
time to plan activities in small groups - DC NL TA
look over examples/exemplars of enviro inquiry projects that can be achieved at local schools - DC. TA -address in March meeting
tasks that can be done between younger and older grades with a concrete goal for each age group - the Rockwood crew is discussing how to do this consistently and how to make it meaningful (any suggestions would be appreciated) -a page has been added to the wiki for this -will include on the agenda
prioritizing: how to balance all the other demands of teaching so that this initiative doesn't feel like an add-on, or 'just one more thing'
planning a grade specific unit to incorportate learning outdoors and knowledge building circles (Grade 6 Air and Flight) NL (Core French) TA -will address this somwhat under Designing a learning experience part of the agenda
discuss and create a list of community partners that can/may assist enviro inquiry at each school - TA wil address this somwhat under Designing a learning experience part of the agenda
come up with a list of funding sources for various brainstormed enviro inquiry projects (example: need birdseed) TA
Use the discussion table to discuss any issue related to the Jan 30 meeting.
Confirm you attendance by adding your name here:
Stan Kozak
Jenn Bailey
Deepti Celetti
Natalie Leitch
Tamara Anderson
Tracey Darling
Megan Mintz
Brendan Embrey
Pamela Gibson
Sheila Koop
1 Draft Agenda for June 4
Location: Belfountain SchoolDate: June 4 p.m. startign at 12:30
Directions -google map
Phone: 519-927-5212
Parking -please park in the gravel lot at the south end of the school
12:30 Arrival, welcome and lunch – Belfountain staff invited to join us
1:00 Student presentation Garlic Mustard project
1:10 Site Tour and /history –Pamela
1:30 Class visits as determined by what is going on there
2:15 –in whatever order works
Janice –community partnerships
Jiiva –projects linked to the seasonal calendar of events and whole school projects
Bryan -Integrated Learning Projects
2:50 -whole group disc –what have we seen of note that can be applied back home , what feedback can we give Belfountain?
-small group discussions –advancing change in our own practice and in our schools
-options for moving forward
3:50 closing and departure
Additional Topics
-Experiences with Project based learning
-UG EE Collaborative -evaluation of the project
-where to from here options (individuals, schools, as a group)
april 5 Agenda
Tentative Agenda items of interest so far -please add your yours:
Creating Transformative Learning Experiences
-what is it? -review the strategies in DOTS
-Critical moves -timetables that support transformative learning
-variius entry ints for transformative learning -Project based learning, inquiry, action projects, learning locally
-generating ideas for project based learning at the various grade levels
-from integrated learning experiences to report card comments -samples and examples
-community partners -what are they and how to enage and work with
Learning Locally
- opportunity for Pamela to share her experience - best classroom management tips for outdoor activities (behaviour management etc.) - story sharing (favourite outdoor learning experiences with her students)...what inspired her to take her kids outside...challenges that she overcame in relation to outdoor inquiry. Outdoor hike - Pamela leads the hike and models it as if we are her class of students going outdoors for the first time.
-using the Step Outside opportunties that nature provides for inquiry alsso R4R and Journey North
Inquiry
-shaping student intersts so that they are pursued safely and with crriculum connections
Knowlege building circles -Discuss how we address incorrect answers that are given confidently by student(s) in a knowledge building circle.
-review an example of an inquiry from Natural Curiosity
Design a Learning Experience -from last meeting
-rough out a learning experinece (iunquiry, integrated -project based apporach, actino project) that you wil then apply in your calss over the next month
Challenges to Transformative Leanring
-other grade teacing partners are not interestedin EE or feel we shoudl al lbe dong the same ting with our classes
Applying Change Principles
Project Goals and Process
-revisiting the projects goals and criteria
-revisit notes form March 20 conference call
-modifying the wikispace for better use
-maximizing the utuility of Pamela's inclass mentoring visits
-some disucssion on what happens after this project
Agenda from Jan 30 Meeting
Context - the big goal is independent citizens, or engaged learners, or curious dispositions, or all of these –how does this all fit
hope video http://films.nfb.ca/hope-builders
-notetaker volunteer please -ideally with laptop entering directly
1. Opening Circle over lunch-where are you at in your practice, share a learning experience that you used that is anindication of where you are going in your practice, a chllenge, and /or what are you looking for /bringing to this gathering?
2. Review Overall goal for our project-1:00
-review highlights of first meeting notes
Project goals from earlier meeting
Tentative Project Goals for Members**
-stay the course, modify, add?
3. Review the Agenda
4. Acknowledging Challenges that educators who are trying to advance/change practice are facing
-practice with KBCs -sharing insights
Our KBC – meeting the challenge of change
Break
5. Learning Strategies -Overview of Frameworks for Integration and Inquiry Learning 2:00
Learning Strategies -some useful frameworks for integrated and inquiry based learning
-Project based Learning -stan
Experience based inquiry -Pamela
6. Learning Locally -Community as Classroom- Island Lake and area tour looking for grade specific opportunities linked to the curriculum –one off excusions and/or learning projects focus
7. Design a Learning Experience
-apply a format for your grade (suggest Project based learning as the approach with the most structure)
-group 1 -mapping out learning projects using the ELCs for learning
group 2 -other
8. Revisiting Our Goals and Assessment Criteria 3:00
-review and refinement
Collaboration Goal -wiki visit-school-based group meetings
9.Support available to meet our goals 3:15
-group members
-funding sources (grant sources and commissioned projects)
in class mentoring –review of an in class mentoring visit –Sheila and Pam
-consultative support
-experience in the group
-outside expertise
-the literature
-other
10. Other Items 3:30
-school by school update
-new members
-upcoming items –Rockwood staff meeting Feb 14
-Monthly school meetings
–next group meeting (the week of March 26? -to be followed by a doodle)
-other?
11. Closing 3:45-once around the circle-
-individual reflection on the topics addressed and on meeting criteria
*
Agenda Prompts up to Jan 23
-we are meeting January 30 in Orangeville and Island Lake P.S. -thank you folks for hosting
*Just a note from the ILPS folks: we will be meeting in the conference room, which is located through the main office at the front of the school. You can head straight there to drop your things once you've checked in (if that's o.k. with you, Stan). See you then!*
-book your own coverage as per the same number as last time -code 5 if i recall correctly.
Please add your draft agenda items/issues to this page (you have to press the edit tab and then you can make changes to this page. Once done press the save tab and what you have changed remains) and we will see what develops. If you see something on here that you support put your initials after it
Possible agenda items
Use the discussion table to discuss any issue related to the Jan 30 meeting.
Confirm you attendance by adding your name here:
Stan Kozak
Jenn Bailey
Deepti Celetti
Natalie Leitch
Tamara Anderson
Tracey Darling
Megan Mintz
Brendan Embrey
Pamela Gibson
Sheila Koop